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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Living With Loneli...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Change of Address" - In the first episode of a three-part series on the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Man...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Our Virtual Reality" - Not everyone has a big yard to stretch out in while sheltering in place. But maybe all you need is a virtual spac...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Up All Night" - On...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - The pandemic is waning in many places. But before we go back to normal life, let's not forget to mourn our loss...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "Our Virtual Reality" - One of the most popular video games during the pandemic is "Animal Crossing." Can our virtual existence give us r...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Tracks (Live In Studio)" - How do you harmonize during a pandemic? Operas on Zoom? DJs on Instagram? We'll share our favorite in-ho...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "The Resilient Brain" - In 1848, an explosion drove an iron rod through the skull of a railroad foreman. Find out how it changed science ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Outside The Mental Illness Box" - There must be another way to treat mental illness. Exercise? Horror movies? LSD? This hour, think outs...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
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HOUR ONE: "Jazz Migration" - Jazz is an American cornerstone, but its roots are in Africa. We'll follow the migration this hour. HOUR TWO: "Is th...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Breaking The Chains" - You can trace a direct line from slavery to the mass incarceration of Black men. Should we defund the police? How...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Our Virtual Reality" - One of the most popular video games during the pandemic is "Animal Crossing." Can our virtual existence give us r...

  • Added: May 15, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Tracks (Live In Studio)" - How do you harmonize during a pandemic? Operas on Zoom? DJs on Instagram? We'll share our favorite in-ho...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
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You want to prevent catastrophe, eh? Well, engineers, do FMEA. This is Episode 86 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fa...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:48
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If you can't decide, and you're on the fence, get knocked right off, by some resonance. This is Episode 84 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an info...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: Wall of patches at Slab BBQ, including two for the 10th Mountain Division., Credit: Pios Labs
How do you “develop your practice” as a teacher and administrator? Rachel and Pius discuss this question and share their thoughts on going deeper i...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 18:29
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What should you look for in your first engineering job? How do you bridge high school, college, internships, and then finally full-time work? Is c...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2019
  • Length: 40:41
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HOUR ONE: "What's Wrong With Work?" - Journalists in tents. Professors below the poverty line. When good jobs don't cut it anymore, what's wrong wi...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
Can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change? We conclude our "Hope" series with a look at the future.

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  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: Are We Really Doomed?" - Can hope co-exist with cataclysmic realities like climate change? We conclude our "Hope" series with a lo...

  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Making Waves (Live)" - What happens when the rest of America wants your water? Join us live from Milwaukee as we celebrate a lake. HOU...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Wonders Of The Human Body" - What's so wondrous about the human body? An hour on transplants, chronic illnesses and the familiar in ours...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
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HOUR ONE: "Should You Delete Facebook?" - Thinking about leaving Facebook, Twitter or Instagram? We'll consider the pros and cons of logging off so...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Writing Truth And Lies" - How close to reality were the "Little House" books? Does it matter? This hour, we'll talk morality in memoirs....

  • Added: Nov 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Pick Your Poison" - A weapon? A medicine? A murder mystery plot? Take your pick. HOUR TWO: "Sentimentality For Silicon" - When does a ...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58